Hicks v. Hamilton

There can be no doubt1 that the rulings of the court were right, except in striking defendant’s plea. Plaintiff filed a complaint in short form, on two acceptances. Defendant demurred. Plaintiff amended. Demurrer overruled. Defendant pleaded. Plea stricken. . No evidence. Judgment for plaintiff. The rencounter was brief, the result decisive. This is the story of. the action, told by the record, as it appears in black and white. We know not (for upon this the record does not speak), how lengthy the war of words, how deep the delving for authorities, how loud the thunder of oratory, nor how.…